National Board of Review: Top Five Foreign Language Films

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National Board of Review Award for Top Five Foreign Language Films
Country United States
Presented by National Board of Review
First awarded 1929
Currently held by Apples – Greece
Collective – Romania
Dear Comrades! – Russia
The Mole Agent – Chile
Night of the Kings – Ivory Coast (2020)
Official website nationalboardofreview.org

The Top Five Foreign Language Films is one of the awards presented annually by the National Board of Review, this category is one of the few awards that is not presented individually but instead as a list of usually five films. The category was first presented in 1929 and its one of two categories for foreign language films alongside the Best Foreign Language Film award.

Initially it was awarded as just as Top Foreign Films therefore including foreign films in English but in 1990 it was modified to only reward films in a foreign language changing the name from Top Foreign Films to Top Foreign Language Films. From 1940 to 1949 the list was not presented at all.

Winners

1920s

Year Film Director Country
1929 Arsenal Alexander Dovzhenko  Soviet Union
October: Ten Days That Shook the World Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei Eisenstein
The Passion of Joan of Arc Carl Theodor Dreyer  France
Piccadilly E. A. Dupont  United Kingdom
Homecoming Joe May  Germany

1930s

Year Film Director Country
1930 High Treason Maurice Elvey  United Kingdom
Two Hearts in Waltz Time Géza von Bolváry  Germany
Old and New Grigori Aleksandrov and Sergei Eisenstein  Soviet Union
Soil Alexander Dovzhenko
Storm Over Asia Vsevolod Pudovkin
1931 The Threepenny Opera G. W. Pabst  Germany
The Song of Life Alexis Granowsky
Under the Roofs of Paris René Clair  France
Westfront 1918 Georg Wilhelm Pabst  Weimar Republic
1932 À Nous la Liberté René Clair  France
Der Andere Robert Wiene  Germany
Der Raub der Mona Lisa Géza von Bolváry
Zwei Menschen Erich Waschneck
The Battle of Gallipolli Anthony Asquith and Geoffrey Barkas  United Kingdom
Reserved for Ladies Alexander Korda
Kameradschaft G. W. Pabst  Weimar Republic
 France
Golden Mountains Sergei Yutkevich  Soviet Union
Road to Life Nikolai Ekk
Mädchen in Uniform Leontine Sagan  Weimar Republic
1933 Ivan Alexander Dovzhenko  Soviet Union
Hertha's Erwachen Gerhard Lamprecht  Germany
M Fritz Lang
Morgenrot Vernon Sewell and Gustav Ucicky  Weimar Republic
Niemandsland Victor Trivas
The Private Life of Henry VIII Alexander Korda  United Kingdom
Rome Express Walter Forde
Poil de Carotte Julien Duvivier  France
Quatorze Juillet René Clair
The Blood of a Poet Jean Cocteau
1934 Man of Aran Robert J. Flaherty  Ireland
The Blue Light Leni Riefenstahl  Germany
Catherine the Great Paul Czinner  United Kingdom
The Constant Nymph Basil Dean
Madame Bovary Jean Renoir  France
1935 Chapaev Georgi Vasilyev and Sergei Vasilyev  Soviet Union
The New Gulliver Aleksandr Ptushko
The Youth of Maxim Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg
Crime and Punishment Pierre Chenal  France
Le Dernier Milliardaire René Clair
Maria Chapdelaine Julien Duvivier
La Maternelle Jean Benoît-Lévy and Marie Epstein
The Man Who Knew Too Much Alfred Hitchcock  United Kingdom
Thunder in the East Nicolas Farkas
Peasants Konstantin Kostich  Czechoslovakia
 Romania
1936 The New Earth Arnold Fanck and Mansaku Itami  Japan
 Germany
We are from Kronstadt Efim Dzigan  Soviet Union
Son of Mongolia Ilya Trauberg
The Yellow Cruise Léon Poirier and André Sauvage  France
Carnival in Flanders Jacques Feyder
Les Misérables Raymond Bernard
The Ghost Goes West René Clair  United Kingdom
Rembrandt Alexander Korda
Nine Days a Queen Robert Stevenson
The Secret Agent Alfred Hitchcock
1937 Baltic Deputy Iosif Kheifits and Aleksandr Zarkhi  Soviet Union
Elephant Boy Robert J. Flaherty and Zoltan Korda  United Kingdom
The Eternal Mask Werner Hochbaum  Austria
  Switzerland
Golgotha Julien Duvivier  France
The Lower Depths Jean Renoir
Mayerling Anatole Litvak
Jánošík Martin Frič  Czechoslovakia
The Spanish Earth Joris Ivens  United States
The Wedding of Palo Friedrich Dalsheim  Denmark
1938 Ballerina Jean Benoit-Lévy and Marie Epstein  France
Generals Without Buttons Yves Robert
Grand Illusion Jean Renoir
Un Carnet de Bal Julien Duvivier
Peter the First Vladimir Petrov  Soviet Union
Professor Mamlock Herbert Rappaport and Adolf Minkin
1939 The End of the Day Julien Duvivier  France
Harvest Marcel Pagnol
Port of Shadows Marcel Carné
Alexander Nevsky Sergei Eisenstein and Dmitri Vasilyev  Soviet Union
Robert Koch Hans Steinhoff  Nazi Germany

1950s

Year Film Director Country
1950 Kind Hearts and Coronets Robert Hamer  United Kingdom
Tight Little Island Alexander Mackendrick
The Third Man Carol Reed
Paris 1900 Nicole Védrès  France
The Titan: Story of Michelangelo Richard Lyford  Germany
1951 The Browning Version Anthony Asquith  United Kingdom
Kon-Tiki Thor Heyerdahl  Norway
 Sweden
Miracle in Milan Vittorio De Sica  Italy
Rashomon Akira Kurosawa  Japan
The River Jean Renoir  United States
1952 Beauty and the Devil René Clair  France
 Italy
Breaking the Sound Barrier David Lean  United Kingdom
Ivory Hunter Harry Watt
The Man in the White Suit Alexander Mackendrick
Forbidden Games René Clément  France
1953 Strange Deception Curzio Malaparte  Italy
The Conquest of Everest George Lowe  United Kingdom
Moulin Rouge John Hutson
A Queen is Crowned Michael Waldman
The Little World of Don Camillo Julien Duvivier  Italy
 France
1954 The Detective Robert Hamer  United Kingdom
Genevieve Henry Cornelius
The Heart of the Matter George More O'Ferrall
The Little Kidnappers Philip Leacock
Beauties of the Night René Clair  France
 Italy
Diary of a Country Priest Robert Bresson  France
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday Jacques Tati
Bread, Love and Dreams Luigi Comencini  Italy
Gate of Hell Teinosuke Kinugasa  Japan
Romeo and Juliet Renato Castellani  United Kingdom
 Italy
1955 Diabolique Henri-Georges Clouzot  France
The Divided Heart Charles Crichton  United Kingdom
The Prisoner Peter Glenville
The Great Adventure Arne Sucksdorff  Sweden
The End of the Affair Edward Dmytryk  United Kingdom
 United States
1956 Rififi Jules Dassin  France
The Silent World Jacques Cousteau and Louis Malle
War and Peace King Vidor  United States
 Italy
Richard III Laurence Olivier  United Kingdom
La Strada Federico Fellini  Italy
1957 Gervaise René Clément  France
A Man Escaped Robert Bresson
The Red Balloon Albert Lamorisse
Ordet Carl Theodor Dreyer  Denmark
Torero! Carlos Velo  Mexico
1958 The Horse's Mouth Ronald Neame  United Kingdom
A Night to Remember Roy Ward Baker
Mon Oncle Jacques Tati  France
Rouge et Noir Claude Autant-Lara
Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray  India
1959 Wild Strawberries Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
The Roof Vittorio De Sica  Italy
Aparajito Satyajit Ray  India
Look Back in Anger Tony Richardson  United Kingdom
Room at the Top Jack Clayton

1960s

Year Film Director Country
1960 The Angry Silence Guy Green  United Kingdom
I'm All Right Jack John Boulting
General Della Rovere Roberto Rossellini  Italy
Hiroshima Mon Amour Alain Resnais  France
The World of Apu Satyajit Ray  India
1961 The Bridge Bernhard Wicki  West Germany
La Dolce Vita Federico Fellini  Italy
Two Women Vittorio De Sica
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Karel Reisz  United Kingdom
A Summer to Remember Igor Talankin and Georgiy Daneliya  Soviet Union
1962 Barabbas Richard Fleischer  Italy
Divorce Italian Style Pietro Germi
Through a Glass Darkly Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
The Naked Island Kaneto Shindo  Japan
Sundays and Cybele Serge Bourguignon  France
1963 Winter Light Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
Any Number Can Win Henri Verneuil  France
Federico Fellini  Italy
The Four Days of Naples Nanni Loy
The Leopard Luchino Visconti
1964 Anatomy of a Marriage André Cayatte  France
World Without Sun Jacques-Yves Cousteau
The Organizer Mario Monicelli  Italy
Seduced and Abandoned Pietro Germi
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Vittorio De Sica
1965 La Bohème Franco Zeffirelli  West Germany
Gertrud Carl Theodor Dreyer  Denmark
Juliet of the Spirits Federico Fellini  Italy
La Tía Tula Miguel Picazo  Spain
The Overcoat Aleksey Batalov  Soviet Union
1966 The Gospel According to St. Matthew Pier Paolo Pasolini  Italy
A Man and a Woman Claude Lelouch  France
The Shameless Old Lady René Allio
The Sleeping Car Murders Costa-Gavras
Hamlet Grigori Kozintsev and Iosif Shapiro  Soviet Union
1967 Africa Addio Gualtiero Jacopetti and Franco Prosperi  Italy
Elvira Madigan Bo Widerberg  Sweden
Persona Ingmar Bergman
The Great British Train Robbery John Olden and Claus Peter Witt  West Germany
The Hunt Carlos Saura  Spain
1968 Hagbard and Signe Gabriel Axel  Denmark
 Sweden
 Iceland
The Bride Wore Black François Truffaut  France
The Two of Us Claude Berri
Hunger Henning Carlsen  Denmark
 Norway
 Sweden
War and Peace Sergei Bondarchuk  Soviet Union
1969 Ådalen 31 Bo Widerberg  Sweden
Shame Ingmar Bergman
The Damned Luchino Visconti  Italy
La Femme Infidèle Claude Chabrol  France
Stolen Kisses François Truffaut

1970s

Year Film Director Country
1970 The Confession Costa-Gavras  France
 Italy
This Man Must Die Claude Chabrol
The Passion of Anna Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
My Night at Maud's Éric Rohmer  France
The Wild Child François Truffaut
1971 The Conformist Bernardo Bertolucci  Italy
 France
 West Germany
The Clowns Federico Fellini  Italy
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis Vittorio De Sica
Bed and Board François Truffaut  France
 Italy
Claire's Knee Éric Rohmer  France
1972 The Emigrants Jan Troell  Sweden
Chloe in the Afternoon Éric Rohmer  France
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie Luis Buñuel
The Sorrow and the Pity Marcel Ophuls
Uncle Vanya Andrey Konchalovskiy  Soviet Union
1973 Alfredo, Alfredo Pietro Germi  Italy
Cries and Whispers Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
The New Land Jan Troell
Day for Night François Truffaut  France
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe Yves Robert
Trafic Jacques Tati  Italy
 France
1974 The Pedestrian Maximilian Schell  Germany
Amarcord Federico Fellini  Italy
Lacombe, Lucien Louis Malle  France
The Phantom of Liberty Luis Buñuel  Italy
 France
Scenes from a Marriage Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
1975 Swept Away Lina Wertmüller  Italy
A Brief Vacation Vittorio De Sica
The Story of Adele H. François Truffaut  France
Special Section Costa-Gavras
Stavisky Alain Resnais
1976 Face to Face Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
The Clockmaker Bertrand Tavernier  France
Cousin Cousine Jean-Charles Tacchella
Small Change François Truffaut
The Marquise of O Éric Rohmer  West Germany
1977 The Man Who Loved Women François Truffaut  France
The American Friend Wim Wenders  West Germany
Cría Cuervos Carlos Saura  Spain
A Special Day Ettore Scola  Italy
That Obscure Object of Desire Luis Buñuel  France
 Spain
1978 Autumn Sonata Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
Dear Detective Philippe de Broca  France
Madame Rosa Moshé Mizrahi
Bread and Chocolate Franco Brusati  Italy
A Slave of Love Nikita Mikhalkov  Soviet Union
1979 La Cage aux Folles Édouard Molinaro  France
 Italy
The Marriage of Maria Braun Rainer Werner Fassbinder  West Germany
Nosferatu the Vampyre Werner Herzog
Peppermint Soda Diane Kurys  France
The Tree of Wooden Clogs Ermanno Olmi  Italy

1980s

Year Film Director Country
1980 Eboli Francesco Rosi  Italy
From the Life of the Marionettes Ingmar Bergman  West Germany
 Sweden
Kagemusha Akira Kurosawa  Japan
Knife in the Head Reinhard Hauff  West Germany
The Tin Drum Volker Schlöndorff
1981 The Boat Is Full Markus Imhoof   Switzerland
Contract Krzysztof Zanussi  Poland
The Last Metro François Truffaut  France
Oblomov Nikita Mikhalkov  Soviet Union
Pixote Héctor Babenco  Brazil
1982 Das Boot Wolfgang Petersen  West Germany
Mephisto István Szabó  Hungary
Siberiade Andrei Konchalovsky  Soviet Union
Three Brothers Francesco Rosi  Italy
Yol Şerif Gören and Yılmaz Güney  Turkey
1983 The Boat People Ann Hui  Hong Kong
That Night in Varennes Ettore Scola  Italy
 France
Fanny and Alexander Ingmar Bergman  Sweden
The Return of Martin Guerre Daniel Vigne  France
La Traviata Franco Zeffirelli  Italy
1984 A Love in Germany Andrzej Wajda  West Germany
The Basileus Quartet Gabriele Ferzetti  Italy
A Sunday in the Country Bertrand Tavernier  France
The Fourth Man Paul Verhoeven  Netherlands
Carmen Francesco Rosi  France
 Italy
1985 The Home and the World Satyajit Ray  India
La Chèvre Francis Veber  France
The Official Story Luis Puenzo  Argentina
Ran Akira Kurosawa  Japan
When Father Was Away on Business Emir Kusturica  Yugoslavia
1986 Ginger and Fred Federico Fellini  Italy
Men... Doris Dörrie  West Germany
Ménage Bertrand Blier  France
Miss Mary María Luisa Bemberg  Argentina
Otello Franco Zeffirelli  Italy
 Netherlands
1987 Au Revoir les Enfants Louis Malle  France
Dark Eyes Nikita Mikhalkov  Soviet Union
Jean de Florette and Manon of the Springs Claude Berri  France
My Life as a Dog Lasse Hallström  Sweden
Tampopo Juzo Itami  Japan
1988 Le Grand Chemin Jean-Loup Hubert  France
Pelle the Conqueror Bille August  Denmark
 Sweden
Salaam Bombay! Mira Nair  India
A Taxing Woman Juzo Itami  Japan
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
1989 Camille Claudel Bruno Nuytten  France
Chocolat Claire Denis
La Lectrice Michel Deville
The Little Thief Claude Miller
The Story of Women Claude Chabrol

1990s

Year Film Director Country
1990 Cyrano de Bergerac Jean-Paul Rappeneau  France
Monsieur Hire Patrice Leconte
Jesus of Montreal Denys Arcand  Canada
The Nasty Girl Michael Verhoeven  Germany
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
1991 Europa Europa Agnieszka Holland  Germany
The Vanishing George Sluizer  Netherlands
La Femme Nikita Luc Besson  France
My Father's Glory Yves Robert
Toto the Hero Jaco Van Dormael  Belgium
1992 Indochine Régis Wargnier  France
Tous les Matins du Monde Alain Corneau
Raise the Red Lantern Zhang Yimou  China
Mediterraneo Gabriele Salvatores  Italy
Like Water for Chocolate Alfonso Arau  Mexico
1993 The Accompanist Claude Miller  France
Un Cœur en Hiver Claude Sautet
Farewell My Concubine Chen Kaige  China
The Story of Qiu Ju Zhang Yimou
El Mariachi Robert Rodriguez  United States
1994 Eat Drink Man Woman Ang Lee  Taiwan
Queen Margot Patrice Chéreau  France
Strawberry and Chocolate Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío  Cuba
Three Colours: Red Krzysztof Kieślowski   Switzerland
 France
To Live Zhang Yimou  China
1995 Farinelli Gérard Corbiau  Belgium
Lamerica Gianni Amelio  Italy
Il Postino: The Postman Michael Radford
Les Misérables Claude Lelouch  France
Shanghai Triad Zhang Yimou  China
1996 Bitter Sugar Leon Ichaso  Dominican Republic
 United States
La Cérémonie Claude Chabrol  France
Ridicule Patrice Leconte
Les Voleurs André Téchiné
Kolya Jan Svěrák  Czech Republic
1997 Beaumarchais Édouard Molinaro  France
Ponette Jacques Doillon
Ma Vie en Rose Alain Berliner  Belgium
La Promesse Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
Shall We Dance? Masayuki Suo  Japan
1998 Beyond Silence Caroline Link  Germany
Central Station Walter Salles  Brazil
Life Is Beautiful Roberto Benigni  Italy
Men with Guns John Sayles  United States
The Thief Pavel Chukhray  Russia
1999 All About My Mother Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
Cabaret Balkan Goran Paskaljević  Yugoslavia
The Emperor and the Assassin Chen Kaige  China
East/West Régis Wargnier  France
Run Lola Run Tom Tykwer  Germany

2000s

Year Film Director Country
2000 Butterfly José Luis Cuerda  Spain
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Ang Lee  Taiwan
Girl on the Bridge Patrice Leconte  France
Malèna Giuseppe Tornatore  Italy
A Time for Drunken Horses Bahman Ghobadi  Iran
2001 Amores Perros Alejandro González Iñárritu  Mexico
Amélie Jean-Pierre Jeunet  France
Behind the Sun Walter Salles  Brazil
Dark Blue World Jan Svěrák  Czech Republic
No Man's Land Danis Tanović  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2002 8 Women François Ozon  France
The Crime of Padre Amaro Carlos Carrera  Mexico
City of God Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund  Brazil
Talk to Her Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
Y tu Mamá También Alfonso Cuarón  Mexico
2003 Autumn Spring Vladimír Michálek  Czech Republic
The Barbarian Invasions Denys Arcand  Canada
 France
Best of Youth Marco Tullio Giordana  Italy
Man on the Train Patrice Leconte  France
Monsieur Ibrahim François Dupeyron
2004 Bad Education Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
The Sea Inside Alejandro Amenábar
Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston  Colombia
The Chorus Christophe Barratier  France
The Motorcycle Diaries Walter Salles  Argentina
 Brazil
 United States
 Chile
 Peru
 United Kingdom
 Germany
 France
2005 2046 Wong Kar-wai  Hong Kong
Downfall Oliver Hirschbiegel  Germany
 Austria
 Italy
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress Dai Sijie  China
 France
Walk on Water Eytan Fox  Israel
Paradise Now Hany Abu-Assad  Palestine
2006 Curse of the Golden Flower Zhang Yimou  China
Pan's Labyrinth Guillermo del Toro  Spain
 Mexico
Days of Glory Rachid Bouchareb  France
Water Deepa Mehta  India
Volver Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
2007 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days Cristian Mungiu  Romania
The Band's Visit Eran Kolirin  Israel
 France
 United States
The Counterfeiters Stefan Ruzowitzky  Austria
 Germany
La Vie en rose Olivier Dahan  France
 Czech Republic
Lust, Caution Ang Lee  Taiwan
2008 The Edge of Heaven Fatih Akın  Germany
 Turkey
Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson  Sweden
Roman de Gare Claude Lelouch  France
A Secret Claude Miller
Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman  Israel
2009 The Maid Sebastián Silva  Chile
Revanche Götz Spielmann  Austria
The Song of Sparrows Majid Majidi  Iran
Three Monkeys Nuri Bilge Ceylan  Turkey
The White Ribbon Michael Haneke  Germany

2010s

Year Film Director Country
2010 I Am Love Luca Guadagnino  Italy
Incendies Denis Villeneuve  Canada
Life, Above All Oliver Schmitz  South Africa
Soul Kitchen Fatih Akın  Germany
White Material Claire Denis  France
2011 13 Assassins Takashi Miike  Japan
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within José Padilha  Brazil
Footnote Joseph Cedar  Israel
Le Havre Aki Kaurismäki  France
Point Blank Fred Cavayé
2012 Barbara Christian Petzold  Germany
The Intouchables Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano  France
The Kid with a Bike Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne  Belgium
No Pablo Larraín  Chile
War Witch Kim Nguyen  Canada
2013 Beyond the Hills Cristian Mungiu  Romania
Gloria Sebastián Lelio  Chile
The Grandmaster Wong Kar-wai  Hong Kong
 China
A Hijacking Tobias Lindholm  Denmark
The Hunt Thomas Vinterberg
2014 Force Majeure Ruben Östlund  Sweden
We Are the Best! Lukas Moodysson
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz  Israel
Leviathan Andrey Zvyagintsev  Russia
Two Days, One Night Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne  Belgium
2015 Goodnight Mommy Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala  Austria
Mediterranea Jonas Carpignano  Italy
Phoenix Christian Petzold  Germany
The Second Mother Anna Muylaert  Brazil
The Tribe Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy  Ukraine
2016
[1]
Elle Paul Verhoeven  France
The Handmaiden Park Chan-wook  South Korea
Neruda Pablo Larraín  Chile
Julieta Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
Land of Mine Martin Zandvliet  Denmark
2017
[2]
A Fantastic Woman Sebastián Lelio  Chile
Frantz François Ozon  France
Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev  Russia
The Square Ruben Östlund  Sweden
Summer 1993 Carla Simón  Spain
2018
[3]
Burning Lee Chang-dong  South Korea
Custody Xavier Legrand  France
The Guilty Gustav Möller  Denmark
Happy as Lazzaro Alice Rohrwacher  Italy
Shoplifters Hirokazu Kore-eda  Japan
2019
[4]
Atlantics Mati Diop  France
 Senegal
The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão Karim Aïnouz  Brazil
Pain and Glory Pedro Almodóvar  Spain
Portrait of a Lady on Fire Céline Sciamma  France
Transit Christian Petzold  Germany

2020s

Year Film Director Country
2020
[5]
Apples Christos Nikou  Greece
Collective Alexander Nanau  Romania
Dear Comrades! Andrei Konchalovsky  Russia
The Mole Agent Maite Alberdi  Chile
Night of the Kings Philippe Lacôte  Ivory Coast
2021
[6]

See also

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